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Today In History

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:41:20 GMT

On Nov. 25, 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security and nominated Tom Ridge the first Homeland Security secretary. (The department was officially activated with Ridge at the helm the following Jan.
Source: GoErie.com

Speaker Tom Ridge Introduction

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:16:52 GMT

Education calendar

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:18:02 GMT

- Presentation, by "Star Wars" director and LucasFilms animation chief David Filoni, at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania's Louis C. Cole Auditorium-Memorial Hall, 10 a.m. to noon. Free to the public.
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Friends of Tom Ridge Center names officers

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:36:30 GMT

A new slate of officers have been named to the board of the Friends of Tom Ridge Center. New board officers elected from the current board membership include: David Ridge, partner in the law firm of Ridge & McLaughlin, has been chairman.
Source: GoErie.com

Lally Green, Maureen E.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:38:04 GMT

A recently retired judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Maureen E. Lally Green dedicated 11 years to the court after being appointed by Governor Tom Ridge and confirmed by the State Senate in 1998.
Source: Irish Central

Ridge talks security, new book at Gettysburg College

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:24:57 GMT

decisions today in government that are about tomorrow, about the future." Tom Ridge is enjoying life as a private citizen.
Source: The Norwich Evening Sun

Flagship Niagara soon without a full-time captain

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:44:08 GMT

The Tom Ridge Environmental Center will stay open for the winter. Erie Bluffs and Oil Creek state parks will remain open year-round. But the U.S. Flagship Niagara could be without a full-time captain, which would severely limit its ability to sail.
Source: GoErie.com

Quoted in 'Fort Hood shooter may have had financial links to Pakistan'

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:37:43 GMT

Tom Ridge said in Hindustan Times:

I guess, we are going to go, just as we did after September 11, 2001, just after we did after the horrible tragedy of Virginia Tech, we all have the benefit of 20-20 hindsight

Ashleigh Banfield Returns From The Wilderness

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:01:31 GMT

Ashleigh Banfield, who made a name for herself earlier in the decade as an anchor/war correspondent on MSNBC, will be joining ABC News, TVNewser has learned.
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Statement by The Honorable Tom Ridge on Veterans Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:46:35 GMT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vietnam combat veteran Tom Ridge, the nation's first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and current chairman of the National Organization on Disability, issued the following statement commemorating...
Source: Freshnews.com

Photo from AP Photo

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Arnold Palmer, left, and Tom Ridge, former secretary of Homeland Security, talk while waiting to tee off during the Pro-Am play at the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla. , Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

After making a nice shot from the third tee, former United States Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, right, jokes with former hockey player Bobby Orr, during the pro-am for the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla. , Wednesd...